Use Word with your keyboard and Narrator, the built-in Windows screen reader, to add or change text in a document. You can change the fonts, apply formatting styles, and use headings to improve your text flow.

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Add text to a Word document

To open an existing document, in the Print Layout view, press Alt+F, O.

Press the Tab key to move to the list of file locations, such as OneDrive or your computer.

Press the Down arrow key until you hear the location you want, and then press the Tab key until you hear the file you want. If your document is in a folder in the selected location, press Enter to open the folder.

To open the document, press Enter. You hear: "<The document name>, editing." The focus is on the editing area in the document body.

Press the arrow keys until you hear the place where you want to add text, and start typing.

When you are finished, press Ctrl+S to save your changes.

Find and replace text

Press Alt+H, R. You hear: "Find and replace." The focus is on the Find what: text field.

Type the word or phrase you want to replace.

Press the Tab key and you hear: "Replace with, editing text."

Type the word or phrase with which to replace the original one.

Do one of the following:

To find and replace matching words or phrases one by one, press Alt+F. The first instance is selected in the document body. To replace it, press Alt+R. Repeat for all instances you want to replace. If you want to skip replacing an instance, just press Alt+F to move to the next one.

To replace all matching words or phrases in the text, press Alt+A. You hear an alert indicating the number of replacements. To close the alert window, press Enter.

Select text

You can quickly select all text in your document, or just a particular piece of the text.

To select all text, press Ctrl+A.

To select a piece of text, move to the text you want to select, and then press and hold down Shift and the arrow keys to move the cursor until the text is selected.

Use headings

Headings are very important for document accessibility and usability. To make sure that your headings work correctly for accessibility, it's essential to create them by using the built-in heading styles in Word. This makes it possible for your screen reader and Word to exchange the right information.

In your document, select the text you want to turn into a heading.

Do one of the following:

To apply Heading 1 style, press Ctrl+Alt+1.

To apply Heading 2 style, press Ctrl+Alt+2.

To apply Heading 3 style, press Ctrl+Alt+3.

To apply Normal style, press Ctrl+Shift+N.

Tip: To browse for more heading styles, press Alt+H, L. Press the Tab key until you hear the style you want, and then press Enter.

Apply bold, italic, and underline formatting

The use of character formatting can improve the readability of your document.

Select the text you want to format.

Do one of the following:

To apply bold formatting, press Ctrl+B.

To apply italic formatting, press Ctrl+I.

To apply underlined formatting, press Ctrl+U.

Change the font and font size

To make your document accessible for all users, switch the font to a more readable one, or make the text bigger or smaller.

Change to a different font

In your document, select the text you want to format.

Press Alt+H, F, F. You hear: "Font, <the current font>."

Press the Down arrow key until you hear the font you want, and then press Enter.

Tip: To jump directly to a font you have already decided to use, start typing the name of the font. For example, type ti to find Times New Roman.

Change font size

Select the text you want to resize.

Do one of the following:

To make the text 1 point larger, press Ctrl+[ (Left bracket).

To make the text 1 point smaller, press Ctrl+] (Right bracket).

To make the text incrementally larger according to the sizes in the Increase Font Size button, press Ctrl+Shift+> (Greater than sign).

To make the text incrementally smaller according to the sizes in the Decrease Font Size button, press Ctrl+Shift+< (Less than sign).

To select a particular size, press Alt+H, F, S. You hear the current font size. Type the point size you want, and then press Enter.

Change several font properties at once

You can browse font properties and change several at once in the Font dialog.

Select the text you want to format.

To open the Font dialog, press Alt+H, F, N.

Do one or more of the following:

To go to and change:

Font, press Alt+F, and then press the Down arrow key until you hear the font you want.

Font style, press Alt+Y, and then press the Down arrow key until you hear the font style you want.

Font size, press Alt+S, and then press the Down arrow key until you hear the font size you want.

Font color, press Alt+C. Press the arrow keys until you hear the font color you want, and then press Enter.

Underline style, press Alt+U. Press the Down arrow key until you hear the underline style you want, and then press Enter.

Underline color, press Alt+I. Press the arrow keys until you hear the underline color you want, and then press Enter.

To go to and select:

Strikethrough, press Alt+K.

Double strikethrough, press Alt+L.

Superscript, press Alt+P.

Subscript, press Alt+B.

Small caps, press Alt+M.

All caps, press Alt+A.

Hidden, press Alt+H.

Set As Default, press Alt+D, and then press Enter.

Text Effects, press Alt+E, and then press Enter.

Advanced tab, press Alt+V.

Font tab, press Alt+N.

To apply the changes, press the Tab key until you hear "OK button," and then press Enter.

To exit the Font dialog without applying the changes, press Esc.

Use theme fonts

Theme fonts change the fonts in your entire document by using a pair of fonts that are designed to work well together. The first font is used for headings and the second for body text.

Tip: To make sure the theme fonts are applied to headings, you must apply a Word heading style to the heading text. To learn how, refer to Use headings.

In your document, press Alt+G, T, F.

Press the Down arrow key until you hear the font you want, and then press Enter.

To hear a description of the fonts applied by the theme, press Caps Lock+0. In JAWS, press Insert+F.

Use Word 2016 for Mac with your keyboard and VoiceOver, the built-in Mac OS screen reader, to add or change text in a document. You can change the fonts, apply formatting styles, and use headings to improve your text flow.

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To open an existing document, press Command+Option+M. You hear: "Menu bar, Apple." Press the Right arrow key until you hear: "File."

Press Control+Option+Spacebar to open the File menu, and then press Command+O to Open. This opens a list of file locations, such as OneDrive and your computer. The menu starts at the location where you most recently saved a file.

Press the Down arrow key to browse locations, or press the Tab key twice to go to the list of files in the current location.

When you go to the list of files, VoiceOver reads the name of the first file in the location. Press Control+Option+Down arrow to browse the list. To open the currently selected file, press Enter.

After the file opens, VoiceOver announces the file name. The focus is now on the text area of the document.

Place the cursor where you want to add new text, and then begin typing.

When you are finished, press Command+S to save your changes.

Find and replace text

Press Shift+Command+H. You hear: "Search, checked, combo box."

Type the word or phrase you want to replace. The list of search results is updated as you type.

Press the Tab key until you hear "Combo box, Replace with," and then type the word or phrase with which to replace the original one.

Do one of the following:

To replace the matching words or phrases one by one, press the Tab key until you hear "Replace button," and then press Control+Option+Spacebar repeatedly until you've gone through all the instances you want to replace.

To replace all matching words or phrases, press the Tab key until you hear “Replace all, button,” and then press Spacebar. You hear an alert indicating the number of replacements made. To close the alert window, press Control+Option+Spacebar.

Use headings

Headings are very important for document accessibility and usability. To make sure that your headings work correctly for accessibility, it's essential to create them by using the built-in heading styles in Word. This makes it possible for your screen reader and Word to exchange the right information.

Select the text that you want to turn into a heading.

Do one of the following:

To apply Heading 1 style, press Command+Option+1.

To apply Heading 2 style, press Command+Option+2.

To apply Heading 3 style, press Command+Option+3.

To apply Normal style, press Command+Shift+N.

VoiceOver announces the font size and color of the selected heading style when you select text and press Command+Option+T.

Apply bold, italic, and underline formatting

The use of character formatting can improve the readability of your document.

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Add text to a Word document

To open an existing document, in the Print Layout view, swipe left until you hear "Save and close" and then double-tap the screen.

To go to the Open tab, swipe right until you hear "Open button" and double-tap the screen. The Places menu opens.

Swipe right or left until you find a location where you have the document you want to open, such as your phone or a folder on OneDrive. VoiceOver announces the locations as you move. To open a location, swipe right until you're on a location, and then double-tap to open it.

When on the location you want, to open a document, swipe right or left until you hear the document name, and then double-tap the screen. VoiceOver announces the documents as you move. The document opens.

To add text to the document, swipe right until you hear: "Page 1 content." Double-tap the screen. The on-screen keyboard opens.

Tip: You can also find the keyboard by exploring the items on the screen. To explore, place a finger on the screen and drag it around. VoiceOver announces the items as you land on them. To select an item, lift your finger and double-tap the screen.

When you are done, to close the keyboard, swipe left until you hear "Hide keyboard" and double-tap the screen.

Find and replace text

Swipe left or right until you hear "Search button," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "Search, text field, is editing." The on-screen keyboard appears on the bottom half of the screen.

Use the on-screen keyboard to write the word or phrase you want to find and replace. VoiceOver announces the number of matches.

Slide one finger on the top left corner of the screen until you hear "Search options, button," and then double-tap the screen. The Options menu opens.

Swipe right until you hear either "Find and replace" or "Find and replace all," and then double-tap the screen to select the option.

Swipe left until you hear "Done, button," and then double-tap the screen. The focus returns to the Search pane.

Swipe right until you hear "Replace, text field," and then double-tap the screen.

Use the on-screen keyboard to type the word or phrase with which to replace the original one.

Slide one finger on the top right corner of the screen until you hear "Replace, button" or "Replace all, button," and then double-tap the screen.

To close the Search text field and move the focus to your found result, use two fingers to swipe a Z gesture.

Select text

You can select text in your document for editing or formatting.

To select a piece of text, with the focus in the document editing area, navigate to the text you want to select.

Double-tap and hold the screen. You hear the selected item.

To expand your selection, slide two fingers apart on the screen. VoiceOver announces the selection as you move your fingers.

Use headings

Headings are very important for document accessibility and usability. To make sure that your headings work correctly for accessibility, it's essential to create them by using the built-in heading styles in Word. This makes it possible for your screen reader and Word to exchange the right information.

In your document, select the text you want to turn into a heading.

To go to the ribbon, swipe right or left until you hear "Show ribbon," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current ribbon tab.

To select the Home ribbon tab, double-tap the screen, swipe right or left until you hear "Home tab," and then double-tap the screen.

On the Home tab, swipe right until you hear: “Styles button.” Double-tap the screen. The Styles menu opens.

In the Styles menu, swipe right until you hear the heading you want, and then double-tap the screen. The focus returns to the Home tab.

To close the ribbon, swipe left until you hear "Hide ribbon" and double-tap the screen.

Apply bold, italic, and underline formatting

The use of character formatting can improve the readability of your document.

In your document, select the text you want to format.

Do one or more of the following:

To apply bold formatting, swipe right or left until you hear “Bold button,” and then double-tap the screen.

To apply italic formatting, swipe right or left until you hear “Italic button," and then double-tap the screen.

To apply underlined formatting, swipe right or left until you hear: "Underline button," and then double-tap the screen.

Change the font and font size

To make your document accessible for all users, switch the font to a more readable one, or make the text bigger or smaller.

Change to a different font

In your document, select the text you want to format.

To go to the ribbon, swipe right or left until you hear "Show ribbon," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current ribbon tab.

To select the Home ribbon tab, double-tap the screen, swipe left or right until you hear "Home tab," and then double-tap the screen.

On the Home tab, swipe right until you hear "Fonts, <current font>, <current font size>" and then double-tap the screen. The Fonts menu opens.

Swipe right or left until you hear the font you want. VoiceOver announces the fonts as you move. To select a font, double-tap the screen.

After selecting a new font, the Fonts menu closes and the focus moves to the Home tab.

Change the font size

With the following steps you can change the font size of the text you type into a document.

In your document, select the text you want to format.

To go to the ribbon, swipe right or left until you hear "Show ribbon," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current ribbon tab.

To select the Home ribbon tab, double-tap the screen, swipe left or right until you hear "Home tab," and then double-tap the screen.

On the Home tab, swipe right until you hear "Fonts, <current font>, <current font size>" and then double-tap the screen. The Fonts menu opens.

Swipe right until you hear: "Size <current font size>."

To change the font size, do one of the following:

To increase the font size, swipe right until you hear "Plus button," and then double-tap the screen to increase the size by 1 point.

To decrease the font size, swipe right until you hear "Minus button," and then double-tap the screen to decrease the size by 1 point.

To close the ribbon, swipe left until you hear "Hide ribbon" and then double-tap the screen.

Use theme fonts

Theme fonts change the fonts in your entire document by using a pair of fonts that are designed to work well together. The first font is used for headings and the second for body text.

Tip: To make sure the theme fonts are applied to headings, you must apply a Word heading style to the heading text. To learn how, refer to Use headings.

To go to the ribbon, swipe right or left until you hear "Show ribbon," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current ribbon tab.

To select the Home ribbon tab, double-tap the screen, swipe right or left until you hear "Home tab," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Fonts, <current font>, <current font size>" and then double-tap the screen. The Fonts menu opens.

Swipe right until you hear: "Theme fonts heading." Swipe right to listen to the available theme fonts. VoiceOver announces the theme fonts as you move. To select a theme font, double-tap the screen.

The list of the theme fonts ends when you hear: "Recently used fonts heading." If you haven't selected a font yet, the theme fonts ends when you hear: "Office Compatible Fonts."

Use Word for Android with TalkBack, the built-in Android screen reader, to add or change text in a document. You can change the fonts, apply formatting styles, and use headings to improve your text flow.

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Add text to a Word document

To open an existing document, in the Print Layout view, swipe left until you hear "File button," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "File menu, Open."

To open the Open dialog, double-tap the screen, and then swipe right until you hear the list of file locations, such as OneDrive or your device.

To open the location, double-tap the screen. Navigate to the document you want, and then double-tap the screen. The document is opened, and the focus is on the document body.

To open the on-screen keyboard, double-tap the screen, and then start typing.

When you are finished, close the keyboard and if necessary, save your document as instructed in Create a new document.

Find and replace text

Swipe left or right until you hear "Find button," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "Find, three period, edit box." The on-screen keyboard is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Use the on-screen keyboard to type the word or phrase you want to replace.

Swipe right until you hear "Submit, button," and then double-tap the screen. TalkBack announces the number of matching instances and which one of those is selected in the body text.

Swipe left until you hear "More options button," and then double-tap the screen. The Find settings menu opens at the bottom of the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Not checked, Replace, check box," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "Editing, Replace, three period, edit box." The on-screen keyboard is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Use the on-screen keyboard to type the word or phrase with which you want to replace the original one.

Do one of the following:

To replace the matching instances one by one, swipe right until you hear "Replace button," and then double-tap the screen repeatedly until you've gone through all matching search results.

To replace all matching search results at once, swipe right until you hear "Replace all button," and then double-tap the screen.

To close the Find bar, swipe left until you hear "Close Find bar, button," and then double-tap the screen.

Select text

You can select a particular piece of text or all text in your document.

Select a piece of text

To select a piece of text, with the focus on the document editing area, navigate to the text you want to select.

Double-tap and hold the screen. You hear the selected item.

To expand your selection, slide two fingers apart on the screen. TalkBack announces the selection as you move your fingers.

Select all text

To select all text in your document, swipe up-then-right. You hear: "Local context menu, TalkBack, showing items one to three of three."

Swipe right until you hear "Cursor control," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Select all," and then double tap the screen.

Use headings

Headings are very important for document accessibility and usability. To make sure that your headings work correctly for accessibility, it's essential to create them by using the built-in heading styles in Word. This makes it possible for your screen reader and Word to exchange the right information.

In your document, select the text you want to turn into a heading.

Swipe right until you hear "Not checked, expand switch," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current tab.

Double-tap the screen, and then swipe left or right until you hear "Home tab," and then double-tap the screen.

On the Home tab, swipe right until you hear: “Styles menu.” Double-tap the screen. The Styles menu opens.

In the Styles menu, swipe right until you hear the heading you want, and then double-tap the screen. The focus returns to the Home tab, you hear: “Tab menu, Home selected.”

Apply bold, italic, and underline formatting

The use of character formatting can improve the readability of your document.

In your document, select the text you want to format.

Do one or more of the following:

To apply bold formatting, swipe left or right until you hear “Not checked, Bold, switch,” and then double-tap the screen.

To apply italic formatting, swipe left or right until you hear “Not checked, Italic, switch," and then double-tap the screen.

To apply underlined formatting, swipe left or right until you hear "Not checked, Underline, switch," and then double-tap the screen.

Change the font and font size

To make your document accessible for all users, switch the font to a more readable one, or make the text bigger or smaller.

Change to a different font

In your document, select the text you want to format.

Swipe right until you hear "Not checked, expand switch," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current tab.

Double-tap the screen, and then swipe left or right until you hear "Home tab," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Font combo-box, <current font>, selected" and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear the font you want, and then double-tap the screen.

Change font size

In your document, select the text you want to format.

Swipe right until you hear "Not checked, expand switch," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current tab.

Double-tap the screen, and then swipe left or right until you hear "Home tab," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Font size combo-box, <current size>, selected" and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear the font size you want, and then double-tap the screen.

Use theme fonts

Theme fonts change the fonts in your entire document by using a pair of fonts that are designed to work well together. The first font is used for headings and the second for body text.

Tip: To make sure the theme fonts are applied to headings, you must apply a Word heading style to the heading text. To learn how, refer to Use headings.

Swipe right until you hear "Not checked, expand switch," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current tab.

Double-tap the screen, and then swipe left or right until you hear "Home tab," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Font combo-box, <current font>, selected" and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear: "Theme fonts." Swipe right to listen to the available theme fonts. To select, double-tap the screen.

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To open an existing document, in the Print Layout view, swipe left or right until you hear "Quick access commands, File button," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "Backstage page, back button."

Swipe right until you hear "Open button," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Browse button," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "Choose an app." A list of save locations opens, the focus is on the first item on the list.

Swipe right until you hear the location you want, and then double-tap the screen.

Browse to the document you want, and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Open document, app bar button," and then double-tap the screen. The document opens in Print Layout view.

To open the on-screen keyboard, double-tap the screen, and start typing.

When you are finished, close the keyboard and if necessary, save your document as instructed in Create a new document.

Find and replace text

Slide one finger on top right half of the screen until you hear "Find button," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "Find search box, editing."

Swipe left until you hear "More options button," and then double-tap the screen. You hear: "Menu, unchecked, Replace, check box."

Double-tap the screen. The focus returns to the Find search box. The on-screen keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen.

Use the on-screen keyboard to type the word or phrase you want to replace.

Swipe one finger on the top part of the screen until you hear "Replace text box, editable text," and then double-tap the screen.

Use the on-screen keyboard to type the word or phrase with which to replace the original one.

Do one of the following:

To replace the matching words or phrases one by one, slide one finger on the top part of the screen until you hear "Replace button," and then double-tap the screen repeatedly until you've replaced all the instances you want.

To replace all matching words or phrases at the same time, slide one finger on the top part of the screen until you hear "Replace all button," and then double-tap the screen.

To close the Find bar, slide one finger on top right corner of the screen until you hear "Close Find bar, button," and then double-tap the screen.

Select text

You can select a particular piece of text or all text in your document.

Select a piece of text

Swipe up or down to select the navigation setting you want to use for selecting. For example, if you select paragraphs, you can navigate and select larger areas of text.

In your document, navigate to the piece of text you want to select, and then triple-tap the screen.

Select all text

In your document, double-tap the screen with two fingers. The context menu opens.

Swipe left or right until you hear "Select all button," and then double-tap the screen.

Use headings

Headings are very important for document accessibility and usability. To make sure that your headings work correctly for accessibility, it's essential to create them by using the built-in heading styles in Word. This makes it possible for your screen reader and Word to exchange the right information.

In your document, select the text you want to turn into a heading.

Swipe right until you hear "More options button," and double-tap the screen.

Swipe left until you hear the current tab, and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear "Home," and then double-tap the screen.

On the Home tab, swipe right until you hear: “Styles button.” Double-tap the screen. The Styles menu opens.

In the Styles menu, swipe right until you hear the heading you want, and then double-tap the screen. The heading style is applied to the document, and the focus returns to the document menu.

Apply bold, italic, and underline formatting

To make your document accessible for all users, switch the font to a more readable one, or make the text bigger or smaller.

In your document, select the text you want to format.

Do one or more of the following:

To apply bold formatting, swipe left or right until you hear “Off, Bold button,” and then double-tap the screen.

To apply italic formatting, swipe left or right until you hear “Off, Italic button," and then double-tap the screen.

To apply underlined formatting, swipe left or right until you hear "Off, Underline button," and then double-tap the screen.

Change the font and font size

To make your document accessible for all users, switch the font to a more readable one, or make the text bigger or smaller.

Change to a different font

In your document, select the text you want to format.

Swipe right until you hear "More options, button," and double-tap the screen.

Swipe left until you hear the current tab, and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear "Home," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Font button," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear the font you want, and then double-tap the screen.

Change font size

In your document, select the text you want to format.

Swipe right until you hear "More options, button," and double-tap the screen.

Swipe left until you hear the current tab, and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear "Home," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Font size button," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear the font size you want, and then double-tap the screen.

Use theme fonts

Theme fonts change the fonts in your entire document by using a pair of fonts that are designed to work well together. The first font is used for headings and the second for body text.

Tip: To make sure the theme fonts are applied to headings, you must apply a Word heading style to the heading text. To learn how, refer to Use headings.

Swipe right until you hear "Not checked, expand switch," and double-tap the screen. You hear the current tab.

Swipe right until you hear "More options, button," and double-tap the screen.

Swipe left until you hear the current tab, and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear "Home," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe right until you hear "Font button," and then double-tap the screen.

Swipe left or right until you hear: "Theme fonts." Swipe right to listen to the available theme fonts. To select, double-tap the screen.

Use Word Online with Narrator, the built-in Windows screen reader, and your keyboard to add or change text in a document. You can change the fonts, apply formatting styles, and use headings to improve your text flow.

This topic assumes that you are using the built-in Windows screen reader, Narrator. To learn more about using Narrator, go to Get started with Narrator.

This topic assumes you are using this app with a PC. Some navigation and gestures might be different for a Windows phone or tablet.

Because Word Online runs in your web browser, the keyboard shortcuts are different from those in the desktop program. For example, you’ll use Ctrl+F6 instead of F6 for jumping in and out of the commands. Also, common shortcuts like F1 (Help) and Ctrl+O (Open) apply to the web browser – not Word Online.

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Add text to a Word document

To open an existing document, in the Print Layout view, press Alt+Windows logo key, and then F and O. The Open menu opens, listing your recent documents.

To browse the recent documents, press the Tab key. As you move, Narrator announces the documents as "<file name>, <location>." To open a document, press Enter.

If you want to open a document that is not among your recent documents, in the Open menu, press the Tab key until you hear "More on OneDrive" and press Enter. OneDrive opens in a new window, and you can browse the documents. To browse documents and folders, use the arrow keys. To open a folder or document, press Enter.

When a document opens, the focus is on the editing area in the document body.

Press the arrow keys until you hear the place where you want to add text, and start typing. Changes are saved automatically.

Find and replace text

In the Reading or Editing view, press Ctrl+F. You hear: "Search the document for." The focus is on the search text field.

In older JAWS versions, to find and replace text in Editing view in JAWS, press Ctrl+H.

Press Shift+Tab until you hear "Replace, button," and then press Enter. The focus returns to the search text field.

Type the word or phrase you want to replace. The search results list is updated as you type.

Press the Tab key until you hear "Replace with," and then type the word or phrase with which you want to replace the original wording.

To browse the list of search results, press the Tab key until you hear "Previous result" or "Next results," and then press Enter. Narrator announces the instances as you move in the list.

Do one of the following:

To replace search results one at a time, press the Tab key until you hear "Replace button," and then press Enter. Navigate to the next instance, and repeat this step if needed.

To replace all instances, press the Tab key until you hear "Replace all, button," and then press Enter.

Select text

You can quickly select all text in your document, or just a particular piece of the text.

To select all text, press Ctrl+A.

To select a piece of text, move to the text you want to select, and then press and hold down Shift and the arrow keys to move the cursor until the text is selected.

Use headings

Headings are very important for document accessibility and usability. To make sure that your headings work correctly for accessibility, it's essential to create them by using the built-in heading styles in Word. This makes it possible for your screen reader and Word to exchange the right information.

In your document, select the text you want to turn into a heading.

Do one of the following:

To apply Heading 1 style, press Ctrl+Alt+1.

To apply Heading 2 style, press Ctrl+Alt+2.

To apply Heading 3 style, press Ctrl+Alt+3.

To apply Normal style, press Ctrl+Shift+N.

Tip: To browse for more heading styles, press Alt+Windows logo key, and then H and L. Press the Tab key until you hear the style you want, and then press Enter to select.

Apply bold, italic, and underline formatting

The use of character formatting can improve the readability of your document.

Select the text you want to format.

Do one of the following:

To apply bold formatting, press Ctrl+B.

To apply italic formatting, press Ctrl+I.

To apply underlined formatting, press Ctrl+U.

Change the font and font size

To make your document accessible for all users, switch the font to a more readable one, or make the text bigger or smaller.

Technical support for customers with disabilities

Microsoft wants to provide the best possible experience for all our customers. If you have a disability or questions related to accessibility, please contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for technical assistance. The Disability Answer Desk support team is trained in using many popular assistive technologies and can offer assistance in English, Spanish, French, and American Sign Language. Please go to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk site to find out the contact details for your region.